Morning, Peter," she calls
from the back, in her exaggerated German accent. Mawning, Pedder.
She's been in the States more than fifteen years now, but her
accent has gotten heavier. Uta is a member of what seems to be a
growing body of defiantly unassimilated expatriates. She on one
hand disdains her country of origin {Darling, the word "lugubrious"
comes to mind} but on the other seems to grow more German {more
not-American} with every passing year.
...
Because Uta is German, utterly German, which of course is probably why she left
there, and insists that she'll never go back.
from the back, in her exaggerated German accent. Mawning, Pedder.
She's been in the States more than fifteen years now, but her
accent has gotten heavier. Uta is a member of what seems to be a
growing body of defiantly unassimilated expatriates. She on one
hand disdains her country of origin {Darling, the word "lugubrious"
comes to mind} but on the other seems to grow more German {more
not-American} with every passing year.
...
Because Uta is German, utterly German, which of course is probably why she left
there, and insists that she'll never go back.
( Michael Cunningham )
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